Karakteristik dan Tingkah Laku Ayam Hutan Merah (Gallus gallus spadiseus) di dalam Kurungan

Abstract

The red jungle fowl (RJF) known the single ancestral form of the domestic fowl inhabits in tropical forest area of Southeast Asia. The natural habitat for production of RJF is secondary forest and oil palm estates. They live in pups, that consist of 3-4 birds females and 1 male per group. The RJF ts highly adaptable to inadequate nutdezgs, Under intmive eyetent, the behavior of RJF L similar to that of the domestic fowl, were more active and agile. The RJF, as dower-pwth bir& have xmdmum body weight of adult female and male were 1.0 kg and 1.5 k& respectively, which were achieved after more than one and half year. Under captivity, the RJF consumed commexial ration, although preferred gnins and seeds. The body weight of female and male RJF at 8 weeks was 244.12 g and 283.12 & respectively, and have better quality of meat than broilers based on protein, fat and cholesterol contents,